Cuomo announces crackdown on DWI, distracted driving during holidays

2:01 PM,
Dec. 24, 2013

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State police and local law enforcement agencies will have sobriety checkpoints and will be looking for distracted drivers during the holiday season, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.

Police will beef up patrols to crack down on drunken driving and texting while driving through Jan. 2, Cuomo said. New York has increased DWI laws and texting-while-driving laws in recent years.

"As New Yorkers and visitors travel all across the state to visit friends and families for the holidays, we are ramping up enforcement efforts to keep our roads safe during this busy time of the year," Cuomo said in a ...